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Wage labor and the San Carlos Apache
Apachean culture history and ethnology • (21) • Published In 1971 • Pages: 115-133
By: Adams, William Yewdale, Krutz, Gordon V..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article provides a two-part analysis of wage labor among the Western Apache of the San Carlos Reservation. The first part, a study by Adams based on research conducted in 1954, traces historically the development of wage labor in the reservation era and attempts to determine the degree of success of integrating the San Carlos into a national or regional economy. Krutz' study, comprising the second half of the analysis and based on work conducted in 1970, posits that the unwillingness of the Western Apache to engage more extensively in off-reservation wage labor is part of a strategy of resistance to assimilation. The persisting significance of kinship ties, obligation to ceremonial participation, and job skill levels are also discussed in the context of wage labor.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Labor supply and employment
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Western Apache
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Educator
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Delgra Childs ; John Beierle ; 1980
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1954 (Adams) ; 1970 (Krutz)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1870-1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- San Carlos Apache, east central Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- William Y. Adams and Gordon V. Krutz
- Based on the Apachean Symposium, held at the 69th annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Nov., 1969, New Orleans
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 70140453
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Western Apache Indians